TephroArchaeology in the North Pacific. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gina L. Barnes and Tsutomu Soda.
• Editors: Barnes, Gina Lee; Soda, Tsutomu
• Contents: Preface; Chapter 1. Gina L. BARNES, 'Introduction to TephroArchaeology'; Chapter 2. SODA Tsutomu, 'Tephroarchaeology and its history in Japan'; Chapter 3. KUWAHATA Mitsuhiro, 'Volcanic disaster archaeology: comments on methodological prospects and issues'; Chapter 4. Gerald OETELAAR, 'Volcanic ash and landscape evolution: reconstruction of a 7000-year old landscape on the northwestern Great Plains of North America'; Chapter 5. Ben FITZHUGH, Caroline FUNK & Jody BOURGEOIS, 'Volcanoes and settlement in the North Pacific: late Holocene settlement patterns in the Western Aleutian and Kuril Islands'; Chapter 6. MURAKAMI Yoshinao, 'Katakai-Ienoshita Site, Akita, buried by the Mt Towada lahar in the 10th century'; Chapter 7. Keith PRATT, 'Portrait of a volcano: the paradox of Paektu (Changbaishan)'; Chapter 8. MARUYAMA Kōji, 'Volcanic disaster research using archaeological methods: 10th-century eruptions and population movements in northern Tōhoku, Japan'; Chapter 9. HORAGUCHI Masashi, 'TephroArchaeology in the Gunma region'; Chapter 10. SUGIYAMA Hidehiro, 'Disasters at Kanai, Gunma, by Mt Haruna eruptions in the Kofun Period'; Chapter 11. SAKAGUCHI Hajime, 'Archaeological investigation of the seasonality and duration of the 6th-century eruptions from Mt Haruna'; Chapter 12. KUWAHATA Mitsuhiro, 'Restoration of agricultural assets after volcanic disasters in southwest Japan'; Chapter 13. Gina L. BARNES, 'Tephra-derived soils of Japan in comparative context'; Chapter 14. NOTO Takeshi & Gina L. BARNES, 'Farming tephrogenic soils in Gunma: before and after volcanic eruptions'; Chapter 15. Torill Christine LINDSTRØM, 'TephroArchaeology: past, present, and future'; Appendix A. Gina L. BARNES, 'A Map and Chronological Charts'; Appendix B. Gina L. BARNES, 'Volcanic Geology'; Appendix C. Gina L. BARNES, 'Tectonic Setting of North Pacific Volcanoes'; Appendix D. Gina L. BARNES, 'Volcanic Soils Geochemistry'; Appendix E. MACHIDA Hiroshi & ARAI Fusao, 'The History of Tephra Characterization in Japan'; Glossary and Character Index by Chapter; Index I: Archaeological Sites; Index II: Volcanoes and Related Geological Terms.
• Publisher Details: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 330 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 930.10285; Tephrochronology -- North Pacific Region; Volcanic ash, tuff, etc -- North Pacific Region -- Analysis; Excavations (Archaeology) -- North Pacific Region
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789691733
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 10, 2019).
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